micheal adds African American History September 19‚ 2012 The Songhai Empire What is it in today’s society that debates influence on the “Old World”? Well in today’s society‚ there are large debates to modern civilization and causing influences such as trade‚ religion‚ music‚ dance‚ that helped develop the “Old World”. The “Old World” was the concept of three continents‚ Africa‚ Asia and Europe‚ which goes back to classical antiquity. Classical antiquity is a broader term to determine a
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Resulted from the Silk Road When discussing how the Silk Road has contributed to global change and expansion of discovery and technology‚ it is key to focus on how its success is dependent on the development of the three dominate empires within the time period; The Mali‚ The Mongolian and The Aztec. These complex societies were reliant on merchants and specialty crafters from across oceans and continents. Trade is a mutually beneficial transaction that either profits or increases knowledge‚ convenience
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rise to power of an empire in a given culture. its an extended narrative poem * celebrates heroic tradition * typically developed by the oral tradition Historical background * Mali emerged as a small nation-state of Mandingo people near the end of the 18th century * By the 11th century some of its leaders had become Muslim * The Mali empire‚ founded by Sundiata Kieta‚ lasted from 1230 to 1468 * Mali was 2nd of a series of powerful west African empires that rose between the
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Guided Reading Chapter 13 Terms: 1. Tropics- Areas with high humidity and temperatures 2. Monsoons- an overflow of water from rivers 3. Ecosystems- communities of living things within a certain climare 4. Bilad al-sudan- West African Jewish communities who were connected to known Jewish communities from the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ or Spain and Portugal. 5. Dhow - any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African‚ Arabian‚ and Indian coasts‚ generally
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to 1500 CE‚ two ideal empires‚ Mali of Sub – Saharan Africa and the Aztecs of the Americas developed into truly influential and powerful empires. Both empires shared a similarity in economy but a different society. The Mali and Aztecs both traded‚ but while Mali traded with Islamic regions developing Islamic institutions within its borders‚ the Aztecs traded locally consequently not being influenced by outside cultures. Both Empires differed in society in which women in Mali tended to have more rights
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-iron 7. What relationship did the empires of Mali in West Africa and Dehli in South Asia have to Islam? P.330 -both Mali and Dehli utilized Islamic administrative and military systems introduced from the Islamic heartland 8. In what 2 ways did Mali differ from Ghana? P.330 -Mali was much larger than Ghana -from the beginning‚ Mali rulers were Muslims who fostered the spread of Islam among the political and trading elite of the empire 9. What did Mansa Musa pilgrimage
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said to have died in 1331‚ but some accounts have him alive as late as 1337. His date of birth is unknown. Ruler of the Mali empire‚ which included Timbuktu‚ Ghana‚ and Mali (1312–37) Religion- Muslim Brought the Mali Empire to its greatest height. During his reign‚ Timbuktu became a center of Muslim culture and scholarship. His pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324–25 brought Mali fame throughout the world; the emperor traveled with a huge amount of people with him. He had 500 slaves carrying staffs of
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story of the foundation of the Mali Empire in West Africa. This story takes place during a transitional time period‚ when the trade network that linked towns and villages across western Africa attracted north African merchants who brought increasing Muslim influence. The Mali Empire was one of the great West African Empires. The Mali Empire was located along the western grasslands of Africa on the fertile land that lies right below the Sahara desert. The Mali Empire was greatly influenced by Islam
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Sundiata and the Odyssey An epic is a long narrative poem that recounts the doings of a legendary hero whose action determines the fate of people or a nation surrounding them. The epic of Sundiata recapitulates the story of the foundation of the Mali Empire. The epic is told by the griot‚ an African oral storyteller who is responsible for persevering and maintaining historical stories. The epic of the Odyssey‚ also known as the “Father of Epic Poetry”‚ is about the journey and wanderings of the Greek
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Dayja Grays Period 4 12-7-12 The African empires‚ kingdoms‚ and cities had many great achievements before the arrival of the Europeans. African empires‚ kingdoms‚ and cities were very successful with trading and social structure. The kingdom of Ghana gained control over the trans-Saharan gold and slat trade (doc. #2).Ancient Ghana was a very complex empire it had many characteristics of a powerful nation needed as if of today’s nation. The empires wealth was based on the trade it had the right
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